Auxiliary car-step.



E F. MGGEE'. AUXILIARY GAR STEP.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 13, 1914.

1,120,958. Patented Dec. 15, 1914.

M oGee Gum mm UNITED STATES mum JEDWA DiF. MCGEE, or cHIrnnY, GEORGIA.

Be it known that I, EDWARD F. MoGEE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chipley, in the county ofI-Iarris, State of Georgia, have invented certain new and use :ful Improvements. in Auxiliary Gar-Steps;

. and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in car steps, and particularly to folding extensions steps. I v

The principal object or the invention is to provide a simple and novel device of this character whereby an extra lower step'can be quickly and easily extended for use, or

folded up under the bottom step of thecar out of the way. I p

Another object istoprovide a device'of this character which is not only simple in construction, but which may be quickly and easily applied to. carsnow in use without radical modifications to the car step.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following descriptiomwhen taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a frontelevation of a-flight of car steps showing my in vention in operation. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the. auxiliary step in folded position. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the step showing the auxiliary step in extended position. Fig. 4 is a vertical section on'the line 4-4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the step showing the auxiliary step in folded position. Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the step showing the auxiliary step in folded position.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing, 10 represents the side rails or boards and 11 the treads of a flight of steps of a railway coach, in connection with which my invention is particularly adapted for use. Mounted on each of the sideboards is a metal plate 12 which extends forwardly beyond the front edge of the side board.

Formed through each of these plates are the rearwardly extending and. parallel slots 13 and 14, said slots inclining slightly toward the rear, and terminating'at the rear,

in the notches 15. Communicating with the forward end of each of the slots1-3 andg14 is a vertical slot 16, the lowerendof each of AUXILIARY cAn-sr P.

of the plates is avertioalba'r 18, each of.

which is provided with a pair of bolts or" rivets 19 which extend through the slots 13, and 14,.one end of each of the rivets being '1 ai rssifi @;t t t-; t nte D c- Application filed May 13,1914? seriarnojsaaaca' secured in the bar and having its other end I provided with ahead 20'engaging against A the inner face of the plateatthe sides of the slot. Carried by the lowerends' of the bars 18 are the angle plates21 to which are so v cured the ends of the auxiliary step tread ward portions of the ends of. the auxiliary tread are the vertically extending rods 23,

. each of which is providedwithiarearwardly 7 sition the bolts or rivets 19are disposed in i the lower ends of the vertical slots 16, the said tread being below and forwardly of the lowermost step of the ordinary flight. To

22. Secured at their lower ends to the forfold thestep, the hand grips 26 are grasped and the tread and bars 18 lifted vertically N upward, until the bolts 19 are opposite the forward ends of the slots '13 and 14. The

springs will then pull rearwardly on the bars.

18 and cause the bolts to fly backto the l rear ends of the said slotsfand dispose the tread 22 beneath the lowermost step of the flight. "To extend thestep the handles are grasped,-thebars pulled forwardly, until the.

bolts are disposed in the vertical slots and" then the tread pushed straight down d What is claimed is I 1. The combination with steps ofa ion railway coach, of members (mounted on the sidesthereof, said members being. provided with vertical slots in the forward portions thereof, "rearwardly extending slots communicating therewith, a frame a carrying means slidably disposed in the slots and ar.-

ranged for vertical and horizontal movement, resilient means between the frame and the coachsteps, a step tread carried'by the frame, and handle members connected to the said tread andto the upper portion of the lated to move the said tread into and. out'of" operative position.

movement, an auxilinry'step carried by the frame, and means for z nternaticztlly. moving 7 c e 1;}e withinv netentimgy he ebtgincd tor fivecents each, by addressing the qpmmissmner, o; I in-tents. '4, wwesl z qnm w ii v 2. The combination with the steps 0f e a) railway coach, of a frame mounted on a portion of the steps for vertical and horizontal" theframe horizontally in one direction when sa'idftame has been moved vertically. 10

testimony whereof, I aflix my sigma-5 ture in the presence of two Witnesses.

7 1 EDWARD F. MCGEE.

Witnesses:

DUNLAP, QHQQEAMBY 

